Preseason ASWA prep football rankings

Posted: Wed 11:34 AM, Aug 01, 2007

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Prattville High School, the only team in the AHSAA last season to go undefeated, has been pegged by the Alabama Sports Writers Association state rankings committee to repeat as Class 6A state football champs in 2007.

Coach Bill Clark's Lions are ranked Number 1 in the ASWA's preseason state football rankings - gathering 21 of the 26 first-place votes cast by the committee of sports writers.

Prattville tops the 6A rankings with 296 points while perennial leader Hoover (13-2) is Number 2 with 234 overall points and four first-place votes.

Defending champions top four of the other five classifications in the preseason rankings with Guntersville (14-1) first in 4A, Pike County (14-1) tops in 3A, Leroy (13-2) leading 2A and Sweet Water (13-1) first in 1A.

In Class 5A, defending champion Athens (12-3) starts the season ranked eighth, 2006 runner-up Eufaula (14-1) is third while St. Paul's of Mobile (11-2) received 17 first-place votes and 273 total points to rank Number 1. Huntsville's J.O. Johnson (10-4) is second with 214 points and six first-place votes.

In the AISA Top 10, defending 3A champion Bessemer Academy (13-0) received 23 first-place votes and 302 total points to start the season at Number 1.

AISA schools began practice for August 24th openers this week and AHSAA schools begin next Monday with the season officially getting underway the weekend of August 30th-31st-September 1st.

Prattville will play a preseason game versus North Gwinnett, Georgia, at Montgomery's Cramton Bowl in the AHSAA's Kickoff Classic August 25th.

The complete poll, including all schools receiving votes and the panel of voters is listed below, with first-place votes and last year's record in parentheses.

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